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Published on: April 4, 2016
The genome sequence of the Portuguese Dappled White, Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Mattia Menchetti1, Joan Carles Hinojosa1, Roger Vila1
1Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Euchloe tagis (Portuguese Dappled White; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pieridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 309.40 megabases and 308.42 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.74%) is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.31 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 11 716 protein-coding genes. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.
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